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Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies : selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson

by: Hewitson, William C. (William Chapman), 1806-1878, author, illustrator

Publication date: 1856

Topics: Butterflies -- Geographical distribution -- Pictorial works, Butterflies -- Speciation -- Pictorial works, Lepidoptera -- Pictorial works

Publisher: London : John Van Voorst

Collection: biodiversity; americana

Contributor: Smithsonian Libraries

Language: English

Volume: v.2 (1857-1861)

Item Size: 296.3M

5 volumes, [300] leaves of plates : 29 cm +

"London: Woodfall and Kinder, printers"--Verso of title page

Introduction, volume 1, dated Sept. 15, 1856

Plates signed: W.C. Hewitson, del. et lith. ... printed by Hullmandel & Walton; M. & N. Hanhart; Walter & Cohn

Plates are hand-colored lithographs

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

digitized BHLDP 20130430

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Addeddate: 2009-03-20 16:50:25

Associated-names: Saunders, W. Wilson (William Wilson), 1809-1879; Schaus, William, 1859- , former owner; Hullmandel & Walton, printer of plates; M. & N. Hanhart, printer of plates; Walter & Cohn, printer of plates